Family Support-Based Psychoeducation in Caring Schizophrenic Patients: A Literature Review

Abstract

Background: The burden of family in caring a schizophrenia impacts on psychological shock and emotional burden; lack of disease knowledge and care skills; poor patient medication adherence; the difficulty of getting along with patients; conflict in the family or at work; financial burden; and need adequate social support. Aim: This study discussed how family support takes care of people with schizophrenia with a psychoeducational approach in mental health service settings. Method: A non-systematic literature review was carried out using the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) framework utilizing Scopus, CINAHL, and ProQuest databases in the last 5 years, searching with keywords: Family Support AND Schizophrenia OR Family Psychoeducation. Results: Families with schizophrenia experience the most potent stressors on the burden of care borne, in addition to stigma and the frequency of relapse of sufferers. Community care providers can involve the family in various ways, such as providing psychoeducation, supporting the family's physical, emotional and social needs, and behavioral family assessment or family therapy. Conclusion: Mental health services must develop and imply family psychoeducation training.